Brush-bridle retainer



(No Model) W.- LEWIS & E. L. RABORG.

BRUSH BRIDLB RETAINER.

No. 587,317,. Patented Aug. 3,1897.

WW zmmazm r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER LEWIS AND EDWARD L. RABORG, PHILADELPHIA,

PENNSYLVANIA.

BRUSH-BRIDLE RETAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 587,317, dated August3, 1897.

Application filed ulyZ, 1896. Serial No. 597,889. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WALTER LEWIS and EDWARD L. RABORG, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphiaand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Brush-Bridle Retainers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in retainers forbrush-bridles, and has for its object to provide a device of thisdescription which shall be simple in construction, quickly applied to abrush of any design, and when in position will offer a smooth surface tothe hand of the operator, thereby preventing injury to said hand.

With these ends in view this invention con sists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements herein-after set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claiin'jl In order that those skilled inthe art to which this invention appertains may understand how to makeand use the same, its construction and operation will now be describedin detail, referring to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of a brushhaving our improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2, a plan view of one formof the retainer for a round brush, and Fig. 3 a similar View of anotherform of retainer adapted for use in connection with an oval brush.

In carrying out this invention, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the retaineris stamped from a sheet of thin metal, such as brass or steel, so as toproduce a ring A, having an eye B through the center thereof of asizesufficient to pass over the handle of the brush, and two strips 0, whichproject from the ring diametrically opposite each other. In the edges ofthese strips are cut a series of V-shaped notches D and the holes E, sothat in applyin g the retainer to a brush the ring is slipped over thehandle thereof and passed down un: til resting upon the head of thebrush, when the strips 0 are turned downward over the edge of theferrule and the ends of the bridling cord are engaged with the severalnotches in the strips and twisted about said strips, the free endsthereof finally being passed through the holes E, when the cord is drawntaut and the strips forced snugly into place, so as to present theappearance indicated in Fig. 1.

In Fig. 3 is shown a retainer having the same features as that justdescribed in connection with Figs. 1 and 2, but of a shape adapted foruse in connection with a brush having a flattened handle, and consistsin the oval F, through which is formed an oblong eye G, and the stripsH, leading from the oval, said strips having the V-shaped notches I cuttherein, as well as the holes J, formed near the ends thereof.

Since the retainer is made of a single piece of sheet metal requiring nowork to put into shape except blanking and punching, it is obvious thatit may be manufactured at a very small cost, since the labor thereon isentirely accomplished by automatic machinery.

Having thus fully described this invention,

what is claimed as new and useful is A retainer for brush-bridlesconsisting of a piece of sheetmetal in the shape of a ring to fit overthe handle of a brush, and having strips provided with notches and holesfor engagement with the ends of the bridlingcord, as and for the purposedescribed.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto affixed oursignatures in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER LEWIS. EDWARD L. RABORG.

Witnesses:

S. S. WILLIAMSON, MARK BUFORD.

